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Africa-focused payment firm OPay raises $400 million in funding round led by SoftBank
BEIJING (Reuters) - OPay, an Africa-focused digital payment startup founded by a Chinese entrepreneur, said it has secured $400 million in its latest funding round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, valui...
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With holidays around the corner, Walmart starts last mile delivery service
By Richa Naidu and Lisa Baertlein CHICAGO (Reuters) - Walmart on Tuesday launched a delivery service for other merchants throughout the United States, an announcement that comes as goods sellers scram...
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Chinese automaker Changan aims to sell 3 million cars annually in 2025
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Changan aims to sell three million vehicles a year in 2025, and 4.5 million units annually in 2030, its chairman Zhu Huarong said on Tuesday. Thirty percent of its sales in...
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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy to join executives at White House cybersecurity meeting -source
By Sabahatjahan Contractor (Reuters) - Amazon Inc Chief Executive Andy Jassy will join tech executives at a White House meeting with President Joe Biden on Wednesday to discuss efforts by private comp...
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Asian stocks rally on extended Wall St bounce, easing Fed taper worries
By Anshuman Daga SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian stocks rose on Tuesday on an extended bounce on Wall Street as investors drew comfort from full approval granted to the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine and on easi...
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Oil rises as full U.S. clearance for COVID-19 vaccine stokes fuel demand hopes
By Jessica Jaganathan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Tuesday after the U.S. drug regulator granted full approval to the Pfizer Inc/BioNTech SE COVID-19 vaccine, stoking investor hopes that h...
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Pandemic threatens Asia-Pacific’s progress on global development goals, says ADB
MANILA (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic may have pushed as many as 80 million people in developing Asia into extreme poverty last year, threatening to derail progress on global goals to tackle pov...
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Dollar licking wounds, looking to Jackson Hole
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar was smarting on Tuesday following its sharpest one-day fall since May, though traders were wary of chasing the mood-driven move lower ahead of a Feder...
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Accident on Route 29 injures 4
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. — All lanes of Route 29 were shut down at the intersection of Washington St. in Rome after an accident Monday afternoon around 3 p.m. According to the Peoria County Sheriff's...
Dalton Kemper Aug 23, 2021
Six U.S. states will not join $26 billion opioid settlements with distributors, J&J
By Nate Raymond and Tom Hals (Reuters) - At least six U.S. states, including Georgia, have decided they will not fully sign on to a proposed $26 billion settlement with three drug distributors and Joh...
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